Iowa Weekend Arts Picks Hit Hancher and Cedar Rapids
The week ends with Kingsingers at Hancher Auditorium and University of Iowa events including Alcestis Go and St Matthew's Passion. Cedar Rapids hosts a folk art craft show, the Follies at Paramount Theatre, and various recitals and concerts across venues.
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U.S. Cellular Center
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Paramount Theatre
University of Iowa
Hancher Auditorium
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids veteran mirrors realism in We Were Soldiers
Scott Clark, 61, a former Army first lieutenant and 1st Air Cavalry pilot from Cedar Rapids, watched We Were Soldiers and says the film captures the tone of Vietnam combat. He recalls flying Hueys in the Central Highlands and describes the Valley of Death as he survived multiple dangerous missions and a rocket strike that damaged his helicopter.
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Mel Gibson
1St Air Cavalry Division
Vietnam
la Drang Valley
Scott Clark
Cedar Rapids
Valley of Death
Tom Fruehling
Gazette Edar Rapids
Central Highlands
la Drang
Clark
Sam Elliott
Madeleine Stowe
Greg Kinnear
Don Duong
Manchester
University of Iowa
Tony Bennett to perform at Hancher Auditorium Iowa City
Jazz vocalist Tony Bennett will perform September 28 at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City. The 2002-03 season will be announced in mid April with ticket sales following.
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Tony Bennett
Hancher Auditorium
Iowa City
Debut novel reading and theatre updates in Iowa City
Pulitzer cartoonist Doug Marlette reads from The Bridge at Prairie Lights in Iowa City on Friday. Mark Hunter directs Bettys Summer Vacation opening March 15 at Cornell College. Dreamwell Theatre opens March 15 with Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends. Gerald Stern III receives honorary doctorate from University of Pittsburgh and plans Iowa reading April 8.
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John Kenyon
the Gazette
Oug
Marlette
Mark Hunter
Riverside Theatre
Helms
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Hunter
Cornell
Betty
Armstrong
Dreamwell Theatre
Gerald Stern
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
University of Pittsburgh
Stern
The
Workshop
New Jersey
Iowa City
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King’singers
Hancher
University
Alcestis
Luther College
Storre
Decorah
Brucemore Mansion
LaFosse Baroque Ensemble
Clapp Recital Hall
Moon Garden
Awakenings
Crippled Bird
Wynnsong
Cinema
Arts Pulse
Prairie Lights
North Carolina
Dreamwell
Levi Lee
Larry Larson
Eddie
the Devil
Arts
Accent
A&e
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